The Correspondence of John Locke, Volume 1

Introduction, Letters 1-461

Edited by E. S. de Beer

Description

E. S. de Beer's eight-volume edition of the correspondence of John Locke is a classic of modern scholarship. The intellectual range of the correspondence is universal, covering philosophy, theology, medicine, history, geography, economics, law, politics, travel and botany. This first volume covers the years 1650 to 1679.

"When the eight volumes of correspondence have appeared they will be recognized as one of the great scholarly achievements of their day."--K. H. D. Haley, Times Literary Supplement